Valerie Garcia Hong founded Garcia Hong Law to offer quality legal services and value to our business clients and individuals. As a trusted adviser and legal counsel, Valerie has represented Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, and individuals in business, professional liability, real estate, and personal injury disputes. From pre-litigation dispute resolution to oral argument on appeal, Valerie focuses on the big picture and provides comprehensive, cost-efficient strategies.

Valerie has been recognized by her peers and clients with several awards including the Top 25 Women San Diego Super Lawyers® and Top 50 Women San Diego Super Lawyers® for four consecutive years. 

Valerie is also an Adjunct Professor at California Western School of Law, where she teaches a simulated law office on professional responsibility and civil litigation. She has also worked as a judicial extern for Hon. Joan Lefkow in the Northern District of Illinois. 

She obtained her law degree from Chicago-Kent College of Law and Bachelors of Science in Journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

• Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent rating
• Top 25 Women San Diego Super Lawyers® by Super Lawyers Magazine (2019-2022)
• Top 50 San Diego Super Lawyers by Super Lawyers® Magazine (2019-2022)
• Super Lawyer (2016-2022) by Super Lawyers® Magazine
• San Diego Business Journal Top 100 Leaders in Law (2022)
• Best Lawyers of America® in Legal Malpractice - Defendants and Personal Injury - Plaintiffs (2020-2023)
• San Diego County Bar Association’s Service to the Legal Community Award (2020)
• 40 Top Business Leaders Under 40 Finalist by San Diego Business Journal (2018)
• Best of the Bar by San Diego Business Journal (2015-2016)
• Top Attorney for Insurance Defense and Corporate Litigation by San Diego Daily Transcript (2013-2014)

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

• The Louis M. Welsh American Inn of Court (Master, 2018 - Current)
• San Diego Asian American Legal Education Fund (Director, 2021 - Current)
• Women of Color in the Law (President, 2019 - Current)
• Pag-Asa Legal Clinic (Director, 2020 - Current)
• Reading Legacies (Advisory Counsel, 2015 - Current, Past Board of Trustees)
• Filipino American Lawyers of San Diego (Past President)
• Filipino American Chamber of Commerce - San Diego (Past Director)
• San Diego County Bar Association's Civil Litigation Committee (Past Member)
• San Diego County Bar Association's Ethnic & Racial Diversity Committee (Past Member)
• San Diego County Bar Association's Appellate Committee (Past Member)
• Ladies on Course Golf Club (Past President)

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

• National Filipino American Lawyers Association: “Cybersecurity and Legal Malpractice” (2020)
• San Diego County Bar Association / Law + Technology Summit: “Ethics of Technology & How Not to Commit Malpractice with your Computer” (2019)
• San Diego County Bar Association / Civil Litigation Committee: “Essentials for a Civil Litigator’s Toolbox – Ethics in Mediation” (2018)
• Ahern Insurance / McCarthy & Holthus: “Ethics and Substance Abuse” (2018)
• Lawyers Club / International Women’s Day: “Challenges Facing Women Trial Lawyers” (2018)
• San Diego Defense Lawyers: “Appellate Issues for Civil Defense Litigators” (2016)